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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention (futurism.com)

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[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Turn off microphone access to all social media and tell your friends the same. I’ve disabled mine for years and all ads are generic or from prior sites visited.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Do you one better - My mini-desktop is plugged into a monitor with no microphone or camera.

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